WWII

Hitler

Jan 1, 1935

In 1935 Hitler started to ignore the Treaty of Versailles. He build up the German Military even though he was not supposed to have a Military over a certain size, that was set by the Treaty of Versailles.

Anschluss

Jan 23, 1938

b. Hitler called it unification. Hitler thought that Germany could expand its territory only by resorting to force with its attendant risks. The significance is Germany invaded Austria

Czechoslovakia

May 25, 1938

Germany demanded control over the Sudetenland. France, Soviet Union, Neville Chamberlain, Britain all supported protecting Czechoslovakia

Munich Conference

Sep 23, 1938

Britain, France, Italy, and Germany all meet in Munich, to figure out what they would do about Czechoslovakia. They agreed to Hitler’s demands, they thought that this way they could avoid a war.

Danzig

May 23, 1939

Hitler demanded the city of Danzig need to be returned to German Control. Also demanded a highway and railroad across the polish corridor. Britain and France now know that war is inevitable.

Nazi-Soviet Pact

Jul 25, 1939

A way to protect the USSR would be to let the capitalist countries tear each other apart. It was a secret deal to divide Poland.

Poland, Britain, France

Sep 1, 1939

The polish army resisted it was very outdated. Poland was defeated in a little over a month. Hitler gained more power by this.

Blitzkrieg

Sep 1, 1939

Is a lightening war, there were massive tanks with overwhelmed Poland, Support provided by waves of aircrafts.

Poland Fell

Sep 1, 1939

Poland was defeated in a little over one month. Germany gained control

Phony War or Bore War

Sep 19, 1939

The name is making fun of a different war, and how slow it is. Westerner Europe remained quit, France and Britain remained on the Defensive.

Invasion of France

Nov 1, 1939

France build a line of concrete bunkers and fortifications called Maginot Line. The Maginot line would have worked really well if Germany would have gone over them but Germany just went around the barricade. Hitler went through Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg. This allowed Germany to concentrate on Poland.

Invasion Of France

Jun 4, 1940

It made a 3 day delay. There were 850 ships that sailed from Britain to rescue 338,000 troops. Almost all equipment had to be abandoned

French Surrender

Jun 27, 1940

France was divided. Hitler gained more land.

Battle of Britain

Dec 23, 1940

Luftwaffe bombed non-military targets, killing civilians. They terrorized people into submission. The British Royal Air Force used Radar.